Tabalta

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Tabalta was an ancient Roman-Berber city in the province of Africa Proconsularis and of Byzacena during the late antiquity. It was a Catholic diocese led by Juan Bustos.

The site of the ancient town is tentatively given as ruins at Henchir-Gourghebi in the Sahel region of Tunisia. [1]

The city was also the seat of a titular Bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church. [2] [3] modern Henchir-Gourghebi in Tunisia. [4] The current bishop is Szymon Stłukowski who replaced Jose Kalluvelil of Roman Catholic Diocese of Poznań in 2015. [5]

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References

  1. Biskopric of Tabalta at GCatholic.org.
  2. The "Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti.
  3. The apostolic succession , Stand: Annuario Pontificio 1869 - 22.02.2017.
  4. Biskopric of Tabalta at GCatholic.org.
  5. "Tabalta (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]".